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SEATTLE -- Muzak and Coupons Online have agreed to jointly market interactive online couponing and promotional programs for major retailers. Muzak will create and implement company-specific promotional programs for retail chains and coordinate tie...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here said it has completed the conversion of about $200 million worth of bonds to common stock -- a move that improves the company's liquidity and positions it for investments by a wider range of institutions.According to...
When most people think of video promotions, they think of tie-ins with popular sell-through titles. These are videos that studios have designated as "desirable to purchase" for a personal video collection or as gifts. They are usually family...
DETROIT -- Stroh Brewery's Old Milwaukee beer teams up with Field & Stream magazine this month for an autumn promotion that celebrates the wonders of the great outdoors. Outdoor enthusiasts will be drawn to Old Milwaukee in-store displays...
CHICAGO -- Peapod Interactive, the on-line grocery shopping and delivery service, will soon begin operating in Boston, its third U.S. market. In addition, the company based here has lined up the support of Kraft Foods, Bristol-Myers Products and...
Data-Base Deficitare simply not staffed to provide this level of data-base support."-- Glenn Griffiths, director of sales promotion at McNeil Consumer Products, speaking at the fourth-annual Electronic Marketing Conference. See Page 11.
WILTON, Conn. -- Nabisco is grabbing headlines in the reduced-fat and fat-free cookie market with its highly successful SnackWells. But other companies are trying to grab a piece of the action. The latest entry in the category, a line of three...
CHICAGO -- A flask-shaped bottle for Everfresh juice drinks will be replaced with another drink-on-the-go design due to complaints that the container looks too much like a pint wine bottle and encourages underage drinking."We are aggressively...
Supervalu Taps Four IS Directorse has reorganized its information services department by region and named four executives regional directors, all new positions.Jerry Burke, Paul Dussault, Tina Moore and Roger Squire were named regional directors...
Nabisco Holdings Adds DirectorsHoldings Corp. here has named Herman Cain, chairman and chief executive officer of Godfather's Pizza, and David B. Jenkins, former chairman of Shaw's Supermarkets, to two new seats on its board of directors.From 1979...